Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landesgericht Klagenfurt (Austria) lodged on 30 April 2019 — Verein für Konsumenteninformation v Volkswagen AG
(Case C-343/19)
Language of the case: German
Referring court
Landesgericht Klagenfurt
Parties to the main proceedings
Applicant: Verein für Konsumenteninformation
Defendant and respondent: Volkswagen AG
Question referred
Is point 2 of Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2012 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters 1 to be interpreted as meaning that, in a situation such as that in the main proceedings, the ‘place where the harmful event occurred’ may be construed as the place in a Member State where the damage occurred, when that damage consists exclusively of financial damage that is the direct result of an unlawful act committed in another Member State?
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1 OJ 2012 L 351, p. 1.